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Softball Downs Holy Cross in Five, Reaches 30 Wins
April 24, 2016 | Softball
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Army West Point softball team earned its 30th win of the season Sunday afternoon when the Black Knights defeated Holy Cross 10-2 in five innings. The Cadets did not allow a run until the bottom of the fourth inning and denied a comeback by the Crusaders late in the fifth to complete the series sweep.
Today's win marks Army's fifth straight for the longest streak of the season as the Black Knights improved to 30-16 overall and 10-4 in the league. It is the first time since the 2013 season that the Cadets reached 30 wins and had double digit conference victories. This was also the second series of the year that Army won all three games after previously sweeping Boston University.
The Black Knights came out strong in the third game of the Holy Cross series with a two run lead after the first inning. Alee Rashenskas and Emily Gray both notched RBI to put Army ahead.
In the top of the third, Rashenskas struck again with an RBI single up the middle to send Kasey McCravey home. Three more runs came in during the span with RBI from Kristen McPeek, Caroline Smith and Maddie Kim. Through four the Black Knights jumped ahead 7-1 with an infield one-run single by McPeek and a walking score by the Crusaders.
Army tallied three more in the fifth to pad the lead to 10-1 with Wadyka garnering two RBI and Rashenskas with her third RBI on the day.
Holy Cross had an unearned run in the fifth, but the Army defense was able to hold the Crusaders off to end the game in five innings.
Kristen West picked up the win for Army to improve to 13-2 on the season with action in 3.2 innings. Caroline Smith stepped to the rubber for 1.1 innings and added one strikeout.
With today's two runs by McCravey, the senior infielder and lead-off batter has now tied for the No. 1 spot in Army's career record book for runs scored with 161.
The Cadets return to the Army Softball Complex Tuesday for a doubleheader with Hudson Valley rival Marist. Game one is set to begin at 4 p.m.
For up-to-date information about Army softball, please follow @ArmyWP_Softball on Twitter and Instagram.
Today's win marks Army's fifth straight for the longest streak of the season as the Black Knights improved to 30-16 overall and 10-4 in the league. It is the first time since the 2013 season that the Cadets reached 30 wins and had double digit conference victories. This was also the second series of the year that Army won all three games after previously sweeping Boston University.
The Black Knights came out strong in the third game of the Holy Cross series with a two run lead after the first inning. Alee Rashenskas and Emily Gray both notched RBI to put Army ahead.
In the top of the third, Rashenskas struck again with an RBI single up the middle to send Kasey McCravey home. Three more runs came in during the span with RBI from Kristen McPeek, Caroline Smith and Maddie Kim. Through four the Black Knights jumped ahead 7-1 with an infield one-run single by McPeek and a walking score by the Crusaders.
Army tallied three more in the fifth to pad the lead to 10-1 with Wadyka garnering two RBI and Rashenskas with her third RBI on the day.
Holy Cross had an unearned run in the fifth, but the Army defense was able to hold the Crusaders off to end the game in five innings.
Kristen West picked up the win for Army to improve to 13-2 on the season with action in 3.2 innings. Caroline Smith stepped to the rubber for 1.1 innings and added one strikeout.
With today's two runs by McCravey, the senior infielder and lead-off batter has now tied for the No. 1 spot in Army's career record book for runs scored with 161.
The Cadets return to the Army Softball Complex Tuesday for a doubleheader with Hudson Valley rival Marist. Game one is set to begin at 4 p.m.
For up-to-date information about Army softball, please follow @ArmyWP_Softball on Twitter and Instagram.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: West, Kristen (13-2)
L: Durham (6-13)
Batting:
2B: Wadyka, Mae 1 ; McCravey, Kasey 1
RBI: Wadyka, Mae 2 ; Rashenskas, Alee 3 ; Gray, Emily 1 ; McPeek, Kristen 2 ; Smith, Caroline 1 ; Kim, Maddie 1
SH: Rashenskas, Alee 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wadyka, Mae 1 ; McCravey, Kasey 2 ; Rashenskas, Alee 2 ; McPeek, Kristen 1 ; Smith, Caroline 1 ; Esparza-Gallegos, Gladys 1 ; Kim, Maddie 1 ; Yoo, Ashley 1
SB: McCravey, Kasey 1 ; Rashenskas, Alee 1 ; McPeek, Kristen 1
Batting:
RBI: Kane 1 ; Muniz 1
SH: Kane 1 ; Christensen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Malouf 1 ; Krisanda 1
Game Leaders
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